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First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 19 (season 2, episode 7)
This post includes a spoiler. I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 19. 7/10. Story was 3/5, animation was 3/5, voices and audio were 3/5. Well, this episode was about Will being scouted by 5 factions. Then one of the high mages started complaining and threw a monster he had no way to beat at Will, and he couldn't defeat it. So, Will and Julius started training for the Second Bloom. That was the story.
July 26, 2026
First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 10
This note includes a spoiler. I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 10. 8/10. This episode was on the day of the Christmas party. And mainly, it was about Maki wanted to talk to Minato Maki arranged a time for his father and mother to meet Umi and her friends talked Maki and Umi started dating I was wondering what Maki planned to do. Honestly, didn't he do it beforehand? So I was a little let down. And also, I wasn't 100% sure why Minato was part of that scene. Maybe Maki wanted her to see their family's true relationship as he hoped. But the dry relationship between Maki's father and mother was kinda realistic for divorced parents, so I'm glad to see that.
July 25, 2026
First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 18 (season 2, episode 6)
This post includes a spoiler. I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 18. 7/10. Story was 4/5, animation was 3/5, voices and audio were 3/5. This episode was about preparing clothes to enter the tower, then entering the first floor of the tower, and then starting the selection and the First Bloom. The overall story was going as normal, nothing special. But, when Elfie was convinced that Will had to show his strength to the tower, I was like, what were they talking about? Defeating Devander itself wasn't enough for them? Or mages in the tower didn't care about the town at all?
July 25, 2026
First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 17 (season 2, episode 5)
This post includes a spoiler. I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 17. 7/10. Story was 3/5, animation was 3/5, voices and audio were 3/5. Well, this episode was the epilogue of the academy arc, and mostly about how they recovered from the last fight, and the graduation ceremony of the academy. Finn released Will's power and he needed someone to remove his power. It looked like Caldron was able to do it with the Mage Queen's wand, but Finn just watched it so he couldn't. Then he thought he wanted to take Will and also Aaron thought Will should be taken care of by Finn. But somehow, Finn was satisfied that Will climbed the tower, and didn't stop him. What happened? What did he mean by taking him?
July 24, 2026
First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 16 (season 2, episode 4)
This post includes a spoiler. I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 16. 8/10. Story was 4/5, animation was 5/5, voices and audio were 4/5. This episode was the final episode of the series. Just kidding. This episode was about the fight between Will and Devander, and also kind of the final episode for the prologue. The fight against Devander was not short but it took almost an entire episode and that was satisfactory. It was great that it wasn't that weak and even the sword was broken earlier, and Elfie's magic was needed for Will. He even used some kind of magic with that sword and Wiz, so why wasn't he discovered? Maybe Finn's involvement was related? If Will alone with the magic was able to defeat it, how much could they go with Magia Vander? That's going to be fun. All other people were just watching. Some people like dwarves and a group who went into a dungeon together cheered him on. But other mages also did, and this reminded me of a character like Naruto. One complaint about the fight scene: the people watching didn't try to search for the headless one or Marze. At least, one of the mages should look for masterminds behind these Devander and monsters because they knew mages using gates reported by Lihanna or others. Well, at least Edward and Serah were in no condition to fight, so it might have been the same for the other professors.
July 24, 2026
First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 9
This note includes a spoiler. I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 9. 7/10. This episode included Maki was accepted to join the Christmas party Maki talked with his mother about the truth about their living expenses Maki visited Umi's house The main part of this episode was how Maki reacted to seeing Umi's family while they had a normal conversation like a family does, and that reminded Maki of his family's past Maki's past with his family was short, simple, but still sad enough for a character of a slice-of-life anime. And his reaction was quiet, but he couldn't stop crying — exactly like his character, who cared about others and who didn't attack or blame others. And Umi was, well, maybe the ideal girl who chased him regardless of whether he ran away or not, and calmed him down and stayed with him. It was well drawn that she thanked him in earlier episodes that he meant a lot to her, and also, Maki didn't recognize it. From Maki's perspective, she was the first friend who was nice to him and got along with him, so probably he thought it was nothing special. Now, come to think of it, he didn't have any friends because he moved schools from time to time, so his family was everything to him, and I can imagine the divorce of his parents hurt a lot.
July 23, 2026
First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 8
This note includes a spoiler. I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 8. 5/10. This episode included Study group at Maki's home for the next exam Dinner with Maki's father and met Nitta afterward Talked to Umi Well, if you want a romantic relationship between Maki and Umi, then this episode is great. The early part of this episode was especially good — their interaction while they studied with Amami and Seki together. Another interesting part was Amami's personal preference was similar to Maki's, and she wanted to date someone like him. Well, maybe she just had a big appetite and a sweet tooth, and wanted to eat them. Umi heard these things and worried about Maki, and said that she had put up with it in the past when Amami took her friends — Honoka, and one more whose name I forgot. But she definitely couldn't. If she had been able to, she wouldn't have changed high schools in the first place. So she worried but at the same time, her sadness faded because of Maki.
July 22, 2026
First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 7
This note includes a spoiler. I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 7. 5/10. Story and characters: 3/5 Design and animation: 3/5 Voices and audios: 3/5 This episode started with: The threesome went shopping and ran into Maki's dad The next day, Umi and Maki went on a date and ran into his dad again Maki talked to his mom after the date So, in terms of rom-com, this episode is gold. It's clear Umi almost always led their date and she was trying to get closer to him, and their opinions sometimes lined up. This was her first or second date, so thinking about it, she prepared a lot for the date — finding Maki's clothes, preparing her own clothes, finding a theater, and a few restaurants, too. I wanted to see more of the karaoke scene but the singing was cut.
July 21, 2026
First thoughts after watching I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class Episode 6
This note includes a spoiler. I watched I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class episode 6. 6/10. Story and characters: 4/5 Design and animation: 3/5 Voices and audios: 3/5 The episode started basically with: The dream about the time when Maki cried out to his dad. Planning for this Christmas Eve. Seki's confession to Amami. Maki's preparation for his next date with Umi. In this episode, finally, Maki's dad was mentioned, and unlike some MCs in other anime, he had a reason why he didn't live with his dad. And that seemed to be his trauma or something as he dreamed about it. And it also influenced his personality, and he wanted to be a better guy for Umi before officially dating her. At least we know why his character was something like this.
July 20, 2026
First thoughts after watching Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 15 (season 2, episode 3)
This post includes a spoiler. I watched Wistoria: Wand and Sword episode 15. 9/10. Story was 5/5, animation was 4/5, voices and audio was 4/5. The overview of this episode was from Will's perspective: Will was saved by Workner on his dragon but disappeared because Rosty was killed. They were shot down by a masked man and Workner was fatally wounded in front of Will. Finn arrived at the village and Will was awakened. Will wiped out monsters and confronted Devander, which was fighting Sion and Colette. From perspectives other than Will's, mages and dwarves mostly ran around and dealt with monsters, and Magia Vander argued with each other. Some wanted to come down from the tower and some disagreed.
July 19, 2026